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Patrick M. Oliver
Patrick M. Oliver NONE Patrick Oliver is a program manager and literary consultant promoting literacy as empowerment. He hosts Literary Nation Talk Radio, is a publisher and editor, and has worked in...
Shine On: The Writings of Diane Oliver
Shine On: The Writings of Diane Oliver Michael A. Gonzales Article In 2021 my friend Paul Price was cleaning out a storage unit when he stumbled on collection of Black literature called Right On! A...
The Great Mrs. Elias (paperback)
The Great Mrs. Elias (paperback) Barbara Chase-Riboud 9780063020016 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins The author of the award-winning Sally Hemings now brings to life Hannah Elias, one of the richest blac...
The Inheritance
The Inheritance Rochelle Alers 9781496725721 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. "A novel that resembles female bonding romance series like The Bride Quartet by Nora Roberts… . Capitalizing on ...
The Inheritance
The Inheritance Rochelle Alers 9781496707307 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. In bestselling author Rochelle Alers’ passionate, uplifting new series, four friends from very different backgro...
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson MULTIPLE Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson are award-winning authors known for their impactful works. Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer-winning journalist, is renowned ...
Hannah Crafts
Hannah Crafts 0000000057115061 Hannah Bond, known as Hannah Crafts, was an African-American writer and ex-slave who escaped to the North and wrote The Bondwoman’s Narrative. Settling in New Jersey, B...
Why Black Owned Websites Fail
Why Black Owned Websites Fail Troy Johnson Article A few days ago a friend came across an article in, WhereItzAt Magazine. In the magazine was an article, “In defense of Black Bookstores,” addressed ...
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Oprah Winfrey
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Oprah Winfrey MULTIPLE Oprah Winfrey is a renowned media executive, actress, talk show host, and philanthropist. Nikole Hannah-Jones is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and...
Top Ten Reasons Why African American Bookstores Are Closing
Top Ten Reasons Why African American Bookstores Are Closing Gwen Richardson Article Editor’s Note: On March 25, 2012 we published our new bookstore database. At the same time we also publ...
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Nikole Hannah-Jones 0000000454752515 Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times, is known for her work on racial injustice and the 1619 Project. A MacArthur Genius Gr...
Elizabeth Murphy Oliver
Elizabeth Murphy Oliver NONE Elizabeth Murphy Oliver Abney, former city editor and columnist for the Baltimore Afro-American and granddaughter of its founder, has died at 85. A respected journalist a...
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore Char Adams 9780593474235 Nonfiction Tiny Reparations Books Penguin Random House Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore is...
Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores
Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores Katie Mitchell 9780593581346 Nonfiction Clarkson Potter Penguin Random House A stunning visual homage to Black bookstores around the country alon...
The Great Mrs. Elias: A Novel Based on a True Story
The Great Mrs. Elias: A Novel Based on a True Story Barbara Chase-Riboud 9780063019904 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins The author of the award-winning Sally Hemings now brings to life Hannah Elias, on...
Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso: A Tale of Race, Sex, and Violence in America
Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso: A Tale of Race, Sex, and Violence in America Kali Nicole Gross 9780190241216 Fiction Oxford University Press, USA Oxford University Press Shortly after a d...
The Bondwoman’s Narrative
The Bondwoman’s Narrative Hannah Crafts 9780446690294 Nonfiction Warner Books Hachette Book Group Tells the story of Hannah Crafts, a young slave working on a wealthy North Carolina plantation, who ru...
Hannah Durkin
Hannah Durkin NONE Dr. Hannah Durkin, a historian specializing in transatlantic slavery and African diasporic art, holds a Ph.D. in American Studies and has served at several universities. She advise...
Neighbors and Other Stories
Neighbors and Other Stories Diane Oliver 9780802161314 Fiction Grove Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. Read “Shine On: The Writings of Diane Oliver” by Michael A. GonzalesA bold and haunting debut story coll...
Diane Oliver
Diane Oliver 000000012330550X Diane Oliver (1943-1966) was a notable author and Managing Editor of The Carolinian. She published seven short stories, won an O. Henry Award, and attended the Universit...
John Oliver Killens: A Life of Black Literary Activism
John Oliver Killens: A Life of Black Literary Activism Thumper Book Review I was looking forward to reading Keith Gilyard’s biography, John Oliver Killens: A Life of Black Literary Activism. J...
Oliver-Heber Books
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Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right: A King Oliver Novel
Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right: A King Oliver Novel Walter Mosley 9780316573269 Fiction Mulholland Books Hachette Book Group In the latest from “mystery master” Walter Mosley, a family member&...
The Psych of Life Oliver Gardens
The Psych of Life Oliver Gardens Scubie Albie 9798374113518 Poetry Independently Published Independently Published This collection of poems is my life stretch in plain sight, I feel it so well Oliver ...
Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali
Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali P. James Oliver 9781468053548 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Oliver’s well-researched biography of Mansa Musa reads like an exotic tale of gold, glor...
Daily Cornbread: 365 Ingredients For A Healthy Mind, Body and Soul
Daily Cornbread: 365 Ingredients For A Healthy Mind, Body and Soul Stephanie Stokes Oliver 9780385487696 Nonfiction Doubleday Penguin Random House Heart & Soul founding editor Stephanie Stokes Oliver ...
Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne Oliver, and Rebecca Kirby
Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne Oliver, and Rebecca Kirby MULTIPLE Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne Oliver, and Rebecca Kirby are distinguished authors known for their significant contributions in literature and visu...
John Oliver Killens
John Oliver Killens 0000000081741003 “The Godfather of the Black Arts Movement” John Oliver Killens was an important figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s, Killens was a close ...
Stephanie Stokes Oliver
Stephanie Stokes Oliver NONE Stephanie Stokes Oliver is an accomplished publishing professional, heading SSO Media, serving as a literary scout for Atria Book Group and as author curator for Anguilla...
Alison Oliver
Alison Oliver NONE Alison Oliver, author-illustrator of “Moon” & over 30 BabyLit board books, including “Anne of Green Gables” with 1.8M+ series copies sold. Also known for “Be Bold, Baby” series. Sh...
The 1619 Project a Visual Experience
The 1619 Project a Visual Experience Nikole Hannah-Jones 9780593232255 Nonfiction Clarkson Potter Penguin Random House An illustrated edition of The 1619 Project, with newly commissioned artwork and a...
The Red Queen Dies: A Mystery (Detective Hannah Mccabe)
The Red Queen Dies: A Mystery (Detective Hannah Mccabe) Frankie Y. Bailey 9780312641757 Nonfiction Minotaur Books Minotaur Books Frankie Bailey introduces readers to a fabulous new protagonist and an ...
Mama Stalks the Past
Mama Stalks the Past Nora Deloach 9780553106626 Fiction Bantam Penguin Random House Mama’s passion is digging up bits and pieces until she’s solved a mystery. Long ago she decided that if we could ge...
Hannah V. Sawyerr
Hannah V. Sawyerr NONE Hannah V. Sawyerr was recognized as the Youth Poet Laureate of Baltimore in 2016. Her debut novel in verse All the Fighting Parts was recognized as a William C. Morris Debut A...
8 Ways Bookstores Can Engage the eReading Community
8 Ways Bookstores Can Engage the eReading Community Shawneda Marks Article Here are 8 ways brick and mortar stores can welcome indie and eBook authors. Introduce readers to indie authors...
Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel
Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel Walter Mosley 9780316573207 Fiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group A dying gangster’s plea sends Joe King Oliver on a quest for a missing ...
Song for My Father: Memoir of an All-American Family
Song for My Father: Memoir of an All-American Family Stephanie Stokes Oliver 9780743474047 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. On Election Day in 1960, a classmate of Stephanie Stokes Oliver...
Seven Soulful Secrets for Finding Your Purpose and Minding Your Mission
Seven Soulful Secrets for Finding Your Purpose and Minding Your Mission Stephanie Stokes Oliver 9780385487672 Nonfiction Doubleday Penguin Random House From the author of Daily Cornbread, Seven Soulfu...
John Oliver Killens and Jerry W. Ward
John Oliver Killens and Jerry W. Ward MULTIPLE John O. Killens and Jerry W. Ward are renowned authors recognized for their significant contributions to literature. Their work has greatly influenced t...
Truth Is: A Novel in Verse
Truth Is: A Novel in Verse Hannah V. Sawyerr 9781419776830 Fiction Amulet Books Abrams From the critically acclaimed author of All the Fighting Parts comes an empowering and defiant novel in verse in ...
The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade
The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade Hannah Durkin 9780063072992 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Joining the ranks of Rebecca Skloot’s The ...
All the Fighting Parts
All the Fighting Parts Hannah V. Sawyerr 9781419762611 Fiction Harry N. Abrams Harry N. Abrams In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, Hannah V. Sawyerr’s All the Fighting Parts is an award-winning, sear...
Lift Every Voice: A Celebration of Black Lives
Lift Every Voice: A Celebration of Black Lives Nikole Hannah-Jones and Oprah Winfrey 9781950785810 Nonfiction Hearst Home Hearst Magazines “When we lift every voice, we forge a deep and enduring conne...
Born on the Water: The 1619 Project
Born on the Water: The 1619 Project Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson 9780593307359 Nonfiction Kokila Penguin Random House The 1619 Project’s lyrical picture book in verse chronicles the consequenc...
Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing: Based on a Hallmark Channel Original Movie
Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing: Based on a Hallmark Channel Original Movie Lacey Baker 9781952210433 Fiction Two Lines Press Two Lines Press Welcome back to Evergreen, the town built on Ch...
Josephine Baker and Katherine Dunham: Dances in Literature and Cinema
Josephine Baker and Katherine Dunham: Dances in Literature and Cinema Hannah Durkin 9780252084454 Nonfiction University of Illinois Press University of Illinois Press Josephine Baker and Katherine...
On the Come Up: A Novel, Based on a True Story
On the Come Up: A Novel, Based on a True Story Hannah Weyer 9780385537322 Fiction Nan A. Talese Nan A. Talese Based on a true story, an impassioned and propulsive debut novel about a headstrong girl f...
The Bondwoman’s Narrative
The Bondwoman’s Narrative Paige Turner Book Review In the 1850s a female slave owned by John Wheeler, a North Carolina plantation owner and minor government official, escaped and fled to freedom. Sh...
Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted—Should We Care?
Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted—Should We Care? Troy Johnson Article Back in the the summer of 2013, I joined the fight to help save Marcus Books. My motivation was not solely limited to savin...
Only 54 Black Owned Bookstores Remain in America
Only 54 Black Owned Bookstores Remain in America Troy Johnson Article This is a follow up to an article, “Death of the Black Owned, Independent, Book...
Death of the Black Owned, Independent, Bookstore
Death of the Black Owned, Independent, Bookstore Troy Johnson Article Editor's Note: We published an update of our bookstores in March of 2014. One of the very first things I put on AA...
Blanche Richardson
Blanche Richardson NONE Blanche Richardson, a seasoned book editor and manager of Marcus Books, one of the oldest African American owned bookstores in the US, has contributed significantly to literat...
Every Man a King: A King Oliver Novel
Every Man a King: A King Oliver Novel Walter Mosley 9780316460217 Fiction Mulholland Books Hachette Book Group In this highly anticipated sequel from Edgar Award-winning “master of craft and narrative...
The Minister Primarily (paperback)
The Minister Primarily (paperback) John Oliver Killens 9780063079601 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins A major literary event—the eagerly anticipated publication of a long-lost novel from legendary writer...
The Minister Primarily
The Minister Primarily John Oliver Killens 9780063079595 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Featuring an Introduction by Ishmael Reed A major literary event—the eagerly anticipated publication of a long...
The Sacrifice of Darkness
The Sacrifice of Darkness Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne Oliver, and Rebecca Kirby 9781684156245 Fiction Archaia BOOM! Studios Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne Oliver, and Rebecca Kirby adapt Gay’s New York Times bes...
Tito the Bonecrusher
Tito the Bonecrusher Melissa Thomson 9780374303532 Fiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers Macmillan Publishers In Melissa Thomson’s first standalone middle-grade novel, the belove...
Be Bold, Baby: Michelle Obama
Be Bold, Baby: Michelle Obama Alison Oliver 9781328519894 Nonfiction Clarion Books HarperCollins Celebrate Michelle Obama’s most motivational and powerful moments, with quotes from the former First La...
John Oliver Killens: A Life Of Black Literary Activism
John Oliver Killens: A Life Of Black Literary Activism Keith Gilyard 9780820335131 Nonfiction University of Georgia Press University of Georgia Press John Oliver Killens’s politically charged novels A...
Liberation Memories: The Rhetoric And Poetics Of John Oliver Killens (African American Life Series)
Liberation Memories: The Rhetoric And Poetics Of John Oliver Killens (African American Life Series) Keith Gilyard 9780814330579 Nonfiction Wayne State University Press Wayne State University Press No ...
The Cotillion: or, One Good Bull Is Half the Herd (Black Arts Movement Series)
The Cotillion: or, One Good Bull Is Half the Herd (Black Arts Movement Series) John Oliver Killens 9781566891196 Fiction Coffee House Press Coffee House Press Beautiful, high-stepping Yoruba of Harlem...
Youngblood
Youngblood John Oliver Killens 9780820322018 Fiction University of Georgia Press University of Georgia Press John Oliver Killens’s landmark novel of social protest chronicles the lives of the Youngblo...
Great Black Russian: A Novel on the Life and Times of Alexander Pushkin
Great Black Russian: A Novel on the Life and Times of Alexander Pushkin John Oliver Killens 9780814320464 Fiction Wayne State University Press Wayne State University Press Alexander Pushkin was born i...
Zoe Saldana - The "Blackout" Interview
Zoe Saldana - The "Blackout" Interview Kam Williams Interview Jeff Vespa, WireImage.com Zo’ Yadira Zalda’a Nazario was born in New Jersey on June 19, 1978, but raised in Queens till her...
Zoe Saldana - The "Star Trek" Interview
Zoe Saldana - The "Star Trek" Interview Kam Williams Interview Given Zoe Saldana’s meteoric rise, it only makes sense that the flick that finally rockets her to the h...
Boundaries of the Heart: The Black Millionaire Club (Book 3)
Boundaries of the Heart: The Black Millionaire Club (Book 3) Marita Kinney B0DLY2DDTX Fiction Pure Thoughts Publishing Pure Thoughts Publishing, LLC Wealthy, charismatic, and every bit a gentleman, Lu...
Philly Girl 2: Carl Weber Presents
Philly Girl 2: Carl Weber Presents Marcus Weber 9781645562801 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. Philly Girl 2 will have you re-evaluating the bonds of friendship and love. It will make y...
Caught Up Loving A Boss
Caught Up Loving A Boss Aisha Hall 9781535301954 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Shira, Lee-Lee and Pauline are all in Federal Prison, having all committed the same crime…loving the wrong...
Loyalty Among Friends
Loyalty Among Friends Pat Tucker and Earl Sewell 9781593095307 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. What would you do if you found out your friend was having an affair with your other friend’s...
Living for Love and Dying for Loyalty (Volume 1)
Living for Love and Dying for Loyalty (Volume 1) Mz. Lady P 9781499147469 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC It’s love at first sight when Aja Jackson meets the Southside of Chicago’s Rahmee...
Loyalty Books (Silver Spring)
Loyalty Books (Silver Spring) Silver Spring MD Silver Spring location in partnership with Bump & Grind Coffee and Records is under renovation for the foreseable future. Loyalty is an Independent Books...
Loyalty Bookstore
Loyalty Bookstore Washington DC Loyalty is an Independent Bookstore serving Petworth, DC (inside Willow Clothing Store) and Silver Spring, MD with diverse literature for adults and children as well as...
The 1619 Project (paperback): A New Origin Story
The 1619 Project (paperback): A New Origin Story Nikole Hannah-Jones 9780593230596 Nonfiction Random House Publishing Group Penguin Random House #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER...
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story Nikole Hannah-Jones 9780593230572 Nonfiction One World Penguin Random House Donate a Copy The 1619 Project to the Literary Freedom Project A dramatic expansion ...
The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery
The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery Rochelle Riley 9780814348314 Nonfiction Wayne State University Press Wayne State University Press The Burden: African Americans and the...
Breakfast in Bed (The Innkeepers)
Breakfast in Bed (The Innkeepers) Rochelle Alers 9781496707321 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Bestselling author Rochelle Alers welcomes readers back to romantic New Orleans in her warm an...
Bourbon Street
Bourbon Street Thumper Book Review It has been a long while since I read a book as complex and gorgeous as Bourbon Street written by Leonce Gaiter. A novel which explores the spectrum of inner na...
A Black Women’s History of the United States
A Black Women’s History of the United States Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross 9780807033555 Nonfiction Beacon Press Beacon Press Daina Ramey Berry is the Oliver H. Radkey Regents Professor of H...
Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross
Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross MULTIPLE Daina Ramey Berry, a History Professor and associate dean at the University of Texas, and Kali Nicole Gross, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Histo...
Host a Listening Party for SHUT UP AND READ!
Host a Listening Party for SHUT UP AND READ! Jeannine A. Cook Article .image:hover { transform: translateY(-5px); box-shadow: 0 12px 24px rgba(255, 126, 3, 0.4); } Host a Listening Pa...
October Bestsellers, Award Winning Books, New Bookstores and More
October Bestsellers, Award Winning Books, New Bookstores and More Troy Johnson Article Bestselling Books September/October 2017 The fiction category was dominated by Sadeqa Johnson’s novel Second ...
How Google Uses Their Search Engine to Hijack Traffic from Web-based Bookstores
How Google Uses Their Search Engine to Hijack Traffic from Web-based Bookstores Book Spotlights
Three Famous Authors Describe a Few of Their Favorite Bookstores
Three Famous Authors Describe a Few of Their Favorite Bookstores Book Spotlights
Nicole, Tiphanie, and Glory's Favorite Bookstores
Nicole, Tiphanie, and Glory's Favorite Bookstores Book Spotlights
Plan It!: The Complete Resource Guide for Authors, Book Clubs & Literary Event Planners
Plan It!: The Complete Resource Guide for Authors, Book Clubs & Literary Event Planners Sharon Lucas 9781625179661 Nonfiction Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books Read a Free Preview of the “The Perf...
Roxane Gay & Edan Lepucki on Their Favorite Bookstores
Roxane Gay & Edan Lepucki on Their Favorite Bookstores Book Spotlights
Only 54 Black Owned Indie Bookstores Left in America
Only 54 Black Owned Indie Bookstores Left in America Book Spotlights
The Importance of Independent Black Owned Bookstores
The Importance of Independent Black Owned Bookstores Book Spotlights